Traffic calming
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| - | '''Traffic calming''' uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, [[pedestrian]]s and [[bicycle-friendly|cyclists]]. It has become a tool to combat speeding and other unsafe behaviours of drivers in the neighbourhoods.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the City|last=Caves|first=R. W.|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=978-0415862875|pages=674}}</ref> It aims to encourage safer, more responsible driving and potentially reduce [[traffic flow]]. [[Urban planner]]s and [[Traffic engineering (transportation)|traffic engineers]] have many strategies for traffic calming, including narrowed roads and speed humps. Such measures are common in [[Australia]] and [[Europe]] (especially Northern Europe), but less so in [[North America]]. Traffic calming is a [[calque]] (literal translation) of the German word ''Verkehrsberuhigung'' – the term's first published use in English was in 1985 by Carmen Hass-Klau. | + | '''Traffic calming''' uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, [[pedestrian]]s and [[bicycle-friendly|cyclists]]. It has become a tool to combat speeding and other unsafe behaviours of drivers in the neighbourhoods. It aims to encourage safer, more responsible driving and potentially reduce [[traffic flow]]. [[Urban planner]]s and [[Traffic engineering (transportation)|traffic engineers]] have many strategies for traffic calming, including narrowed roads and speed humps. Such measures are common in [[Australia]] and [[Europe]] (especially Northern Europe), but less so in [[North America]]. Traffic calming is a [[calque]] (literal translation) of the German word ''Verkehrsberuhigung'' – the term's first published use in English was in 1985 by Carmen Hass-Klau. |
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Traffic calming uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. It has become a tool to combat speeding and other unsafe behaviours of drivers in the neighbourhoods. It aims to encourage safer, more responsible driving and potentially reduce traffic flow. Urban planners and traffic engineers have many strategies for traffic calming, including narrowed roads and speed humps. Such measures are common in Australia and Europe (especially Northern Europe), but less so in North America. Traffic calming is a calque (literal translation) of the German word Verkehrsberuhigung – the term's first published use in English was in 1985 by Carmen Hass-Klau.
See also
- Assured Clear Distance Ahead
- Hierarchy of roads
- Low emission zone
- Pedestrian
- Road traffic control
- Shared space
- Street hierarchy
- Sustainable transportation
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